Government reserve wheat seeds to be sold www.montsame.mn
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ During its regular meeting on April 26, Wednesday, the Cabinet addressed crop production sector. This year, 1350 entities and land farmers from 13 aimags will cultivate 381.6 thousand ha area for crop production including 362.1 thousand ha area for wheat.
54.3 thousand tons of wheat seed is required for this year’s spring sowing on the national level, and 4.1 thousand tons of seed is needed to fill the demand. The Cabinet addressed this issue, and resolved to sell 5800 tons of elite wheat seeds stored in government reserve.
The elite wheat seeds will cost land farmers MNT 880,000 per ton, reproduced seeds MNT 830,000 and simple seeds MNT 480,000-560,000 per ton. Entities and land farmers need to make 40 percent advance payment, and purchase the seeds.
Kh.Aminaa
Published Date:2017-04-27